UT’s Smokey Challenge Hits All Seven Continents

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UT’s Smokey Challenge Hits All Seven Continents

KNOXVILLE — He’s done it! Smokey, the traveling mascot, has made it to all seven continents this school year.

Thigpen, Dorris and Roberts“Where in the World is Smokey?” — part of the Ready for the World initiative at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville — has succeeded in sending Smokey to all seven continents this semester.

In the challenge, UT students, faculty, staff and alumni are invited to wear “Where in the World is Smokey?” T-shirts on their travels and submit photos or videos of themselves to be posted on the Ready for the World Web site.

The goal of “Ready for the World: The International and Intercultural Awareness Initiative” is to transform the campus into a culture of diversity that best prepares students for working and competing in the 21st century. The initiative involves increasing the diversity among our students, faculty and staff; altering the curriculum; encouraging faculty to incorporate international and intercultural aspects in all of their courses; expanding study-abroad and work-study opportunities; and encouraging students to take advantage of all of these opportunities.